The students of the Mechai Bamboo School, Buriram province, are seeking a native English speaker to fill the role of an inspiring English teacher.
The school, built of bamboo, serves as a Lifelong Center and a hub for improving the quality of life in surrounding villages. It is an innovative tuition-free boarding secondary school with the mission is to re-engineer the country’s education for rural youth and to foster socially responsible future community development leaders.
For interested applicants, please mail your cover letter, resume and a short video introducing yourself, along with job references (if available), a scan of your current passport to mechaipattana@gmail.com. Pre-selected teachers will be invited to undergo a job interview led by students of the Bamboo School.
Exciting Venture for an English Teacher
Are you the multi-purpose teacher to take a key role in running the English program and other community development activities at one of Thailand’s most innovative and dynamic schools? This secondary boarding school for rural students is located in Buriram province, northeast Thailand, near the Cambodian border – just a 4 hour drive from Bangkok.
The students of the Mechai Pattana School, generally referred to as the Bamboo School, are seeking a native English speaker to fill the role of an inspiring English teacher. The school, built of bamboo, is an innovative tuition-free boarding school, founded and Chaired by Mr. Mechai Viravaidya, Thailand’s best known leader in social, economic and rural development. The Bamboo School’s mission is to re-engineer the country’s education for rural youth and to foster socially responsible future community development leaders.
Besides the regular academic subjects, students are taught agricultural and business skills, and are heavily involved in operating student-initiated business ventures. Students take a leading role in the affairs of the school, ranging from purchases, audits, selection of incoming students and interviewing and evaluating prospective teachers. Electricity of the school is generated from solar panels and the school also serves as Thailand’s first Lifelong Learning Center and a key hub for community development. Students are stimulated to think outside the box and are involved in tree-planting and community service in lieu of school fees. The Bamboo school has a significant privately funded project to assists other schools, some of which are located in the border areas with neighboring countries for stateless children. This project, called School-Based Integrated Rural Development (School-BIRD), provides knowledge and skills training students and parents in income generation through Bamboo School-developed improved agricultural techniques. Nutrition and healthcare are also provided. Apart from regular teaching duties, all personnel of the school are now involved in pastoral care of students as well as active in community service activities in surrounding villages and schools, as well as in School-BIRD projects in more distant areas.
As a full-time teacher, the successful candidate is expected to:
- Plan and conduct English classes for secondary students.
- Prepare extracurricular English activities for boarding students.
- Participate in after-school activities for students.
- Participate in community service activities outside of the school.
The successful candidate should possess the following skills:
Planning:
• Identify learning outcomes.
• Select & design tasks and activities appropriate for the learners, stages & aims.
• Anticipate potential difficulties.
• Plan a coherent series of lessons.
• Adapt tasks to help learners understand reading and listening texts.
• Adapt course books & supplementary materials to suit various classes.
• Able to locate interesting teaching and learning materials online.
In Class:
• Manage the class well & organize the classroom appropriately.
• Establish rapport and develop motivation.
• Use clear instructions and check the learners have understood them.
• Set up and manage individual, pair, group and whole class work.
• Help learners understand & use new vocabulary with adequate focus on the meaning, pronunciation & form of the new words.
• Identify errors & provide appropriate & varied forms of oral & written correction in class.
• Monitor, support and evaluate learners' progress.
Qualifications include:
• A Bachelor's degree and TEFL certification.
• Adequate pre-existing experience in teaching English.
• Acclimation to living in Thailand, and especially to living in a rural area.
• A genuine interest in taking part in rural development work beyond the scope of teaching English.
• Strong moral fiber.
In addition to salary benefits, the successful candidate will also receive housing and free meals at the school. Accident insurance, life insurance and basic health insurance will be provided by the school (this does not include additional family members).
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